Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-09-10
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
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STOCK at an open wen lel ~ anu was
| drowned.
Gov. I.arrrbee and staff have been invited
to attend the international military encamp-
ment at Chicago, October ] to 20, and VIII
| 20 II not too busy.
The Union Pacific at Council Bluffs IL COM
pletlng its reconstructed bridge which will
accommodate footmen who want 10 go to
Omaha at any time Of day or night.
A. 4. Wintermnfc, Of Wilton, has fled In
formation against e. s. Chamberlain, charg-
Ing him with destroying "a prairie chickens
nest. Chamberlain 10 under 800 bonds.
The parties WHO contracted TO strike coal,
gas or an a~rtesian well ut Bayard have quit
after going 275 feet. They came In contact
with hard rock.
The Odd Fellows ot iowa are making ex-
tensive preparations to attend the meeting OF
the Sovereign Grand lodge at Denver, Sept.
IA. The grand lodge Of Iowa wiz meet Oma-
ha on the 18th, and proceed To Denver.
A passenger who came on a night train 70
Davenport was robbed OF $43 Saturday night
while on the way from the depot 70 The resi-
dence Of his wife's parents. Two men held
him while the third went through his pockets.
The cattle exhibit at the state fair will be
more than ordinarily large, and the follow
ing states will be repre- sented with herds:
Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin and
Canada.
Frank Oakland and wife, Of Brooklyn, were
badly poisoned Saturday by eating canned
beef and chez sc. The doctor worked hard all
night with them and they are believed to be
out Of danger. Some believe 1t to be a species
Of southern cholera.
John Fleming, of the lumber and mill firm
OF w. and j. Fleming & Co., of McGregor,
died Sunday at his residence In McGregor,
after a long illness. He was brought back
from California q week ago with no hope OF
recovery. Mr.. Fleming was a very rich man.
Des Moines has an anti-swearing society.
It's membership now numbers 80. Since the
Goth Of May $50 names have been added. AT
this rate Des Moines will soon be a non swear
ing community, where Legislators may b~esafely
sent without danger OF learning bad habits.
The tax levy for Council Bluffs, SO far as
completed. is for city purposes 34& mile;
schools, 1731 mills, making An mills. Next
week the board of supervisors put on the re-
mainder, which Will probably bring 1t up to
9315 mills, says the Globe.
Examination into the financial affairs Of
August Warnebold, who committed suicide
In Q cemetery at Davenport, SHOWS that he
was badly involved. Claims against his es-
tate amount to about $lU5, 600. This sup.
posed to have been the cIuse of his suicide.
The Uriversalists Of West Union are to
build a new church of the Queen Ann style,
without towers or steeple. The walls wiz he
of white and red brick. The audience room
will he seated with opera chairs and the floor
VIII be raised as in opera houses. La the base
ment will be Sunday school room, parlor, IL
brary and kitchen.
The Elkader Register says q short time ago
while a farmer residing near Ciermont was
cutting his hay, he drove his team across a
slough when his horses suddenly sank into
the ground. Help was procured acd the
horses pulled out, when was discovered that
@ fire was burning underneath tie slough
and that the horses were badly burned. The
meadow hal not been burned over and no signs
OF fire had been observed, go that 1t remains a
uystery as to It's origin.
Mr.. M. Mclnteer, OF La Porte, grand chief
foreman OF the Brotherhood OF Railway Sec
ton Foremen, announces caitcrially In his
paper Thursday, 1.-THE Railway Section Fore
man. that a 'Coughlin protective fuad''
will be started, contributions To be made by
The foremen Of the country. The object Of
the fund, 1t is stated, is TO assist Timothy
Coughliu, the section foreman charged with
the responsibility of the Chatsworth, Illinois,
railroad disaster, in securing a fair trial, and
to render assistance to his wife and family
until his guilt or innocence is established.
ave the name OF Iowa to the territory.
"Iowa," says 3 standard historical writer,
'in the synbSlical and expressive language
Of the aboiiglonal inhabitants, is said to sig
nifty 'the beautiful land and was applied to
this magnificent and fruitful region by It's
ancient owEors to express their appreciation
of its superiority Of climate, soil and loca-
tion.' But that doesn't d~isprove tFat Gen
Jones might have given the legal name to
lut tSiiltotg anu sAat'
1t Is now expected the new soldiers home
at Marshalltown will be ready for occupancy
about October Is. AS 1t viii accommodate
but 800 there must be classification. Those
| now In poor houses VIII be received frat,
those who refuse 20 go to poor houses and are
supported by public funds, second, and third,
those who are INDECENT and supported by
friends. Application should be made to
Hon. J. j. Russell, OF Jefferson, Greene
county.
It is denied that Gen. Jones, OF Dubuque,
Pensions granted last Saturday to Iowans:
| Geo. f., Griffith, Des Moines; John Lyon,
! st. Charles; Edwin r. Eldridge, Columbus
Junction; Geo. A. Leach, Cherokee; John G.
G. Wasson, Des Moines; Andrew Hector,
Lansing; Melvin Gillespie, New York; VAL
entine p. Miller, Boonsboro: Alex 8. Gum
mings, Dunkerton; James Allensworth,
| Mount Sterling; Elias s.. Everett, Clinton
Wm. Logan, Decatur; Martin f. Andrews,
Agency City Abram Ashha, Russell; Samuel
F. Yonkin, Osceola; Joseph Harris, Keokuk
David Hammond, Adair.
According 70 the paper OF Dir. Jennie Nc.
Cowep, read at the national conference OF
charaties ard corrections at 0msha; Iowa has
7l9 inmates OF the state hospital for the In.